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Crime and economics [electronic resource] : an introduction / Kevin Albertson and Chris Fox.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 318 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203813041
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. A brief introduction to economic theory -- 3. Modelling criminal behaviour -- 4. Rational choice theory in criminology -- 5. The labour market, poverty and crime -- 6. Economic tools : estimating the bottom line of criminal justice interventions -- 7. The costs of crime -- 8. Crime reduction -- 9. The economic analysis of prisons and community justice alternatives -- 10. Organised crime -- 11. Illicit drugs.
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1. Introduction -- 2. A brief introduction to economic theory -- 3. Modelling criminal behaviour -- 4. Rational choice theory in criminology -- 5. The labour market, poverty and crime -- 6. Economic tools : estimating the bottom line of criminal justice interventions -- 7. The costs of crime -- 8. Crime reduction -- 9. The economic analysis of prisons and community justice alternatives -- 10. Organised crime -- 11. Illicit drugs.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-311) and indexes.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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